Call for Help for Typhoon Yolanda Victims, Where to Donate?

Just two (2) days ago, the country, specifically on the Visayas part, was extremely devastated by the super Typhoon Yolanda and the effect of this devastation was horrible. Homes submerge underwater, totally destroyed, many lives where taken away, some where injured, some were missing.

According to a report, death toll is estimated at 10,000 in Tactoban City alone. Bodies recovered, however, were only at hundreds. Local and national authority cannot, as of the moment, quantify the extent of loss. Remote areas remain inaccessible. Power and telecommunication lines are down. People ask for food, they walk on streets to call for help, search for food and for their missing loved ones. These alone cannot describe what our countrymen has suffered due to this super typhoon’s devastation.

Today, more than ever, we need to show how we, Filipinos, care about our countrymen. We call for help from everyone. We call for any help you can extend to our countrymen who, as of this moment, don’t have anything at hand to survive. How can we help?

Photo courtesy of ABS-CBN.

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We can course through what ever donations we can give to the victims through foundations. Following are the foundations we trust and we can be sure that our donations will surely reach the victims:

All Check/Cash for the account of Philippine Red Cross (Swift Codes)
Banco De OroBNORPHMM

Bank of the Philippine IslandsBOPIPHMM

MetrobankMBTCPHMM

Philippine National Bank
–PNBMPHMM

Unionbank of the Philippines-UBPHPHMM

For your donations to be properly acknowledged, please fax the bank transaction slip at nos. +63.2.527.0575 or +63.2.404.0979 with your name, address and contact number.

In-Kind Donation

Local
Please send in-kind local donations to Philippine Red Cross – National Headquarters in Manila. We could also arrange for donation pick-up

International
1. Send a letter of intent to donate to the PRC.
2. A letter of acceptance from PRC shall be sent back to the donor.
3. Immediately after shipping the goods, please send the (a) original Deed of Donation, (b) copy of packing list and (c) original Airway Bill for air shipments or Bill of Lading for sea shipments to Philippine Red Cross – National Headquarters c/o Secretary General Gwendolyn Pang, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila 1018, Philippines.

The PRC does not accept rotten, damaged, expired or decayed goods. Though we appreciate your generosity, PRC also discourages donations of old clothes as we have more than enough to go around.

Alternatively, you may coordinate with the nearest local and national government agencies near you to coordinate with them on where can you give your donations. As a precautionary measure, please verify the details and avoid suspicious person and entities representing themselves as representatives of any foundation without valid proofs.

Again, this is a call for help and whatever we can give will surely go for the benefit of our less fortunate countrymen. We are calling help not only from the Philippines but from the whole world.

Share this post and give as high publicity as possible to reach others who are willing and able to give. Let’s pray together and lend a hand to our countrymen. Prayers, a lot of prayers is also needed by our country. After all, no one will help each other in this dark day of our life but us, Filipinos.

If you are aware of other valid foundations, don’t hesitate to share and comment on this post.

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Orlando CalundanOrlando Calundan is a CPA who has exposures in FS audit of entities in various industries such as real estate, food/restaurants, manufacturing, service organizations and BPOs, automotive, holding/investment companies and more. He also has exposure on internal audit engagements.